Print of Gustav Klimt - Beethoven Frieze. The desire for happiness is answered in poetry. Right wall - 1902
Gustav Klimt - Beethoven Frieze. The desire for happiness is answered in poetry. Right wall
Year: 1902 - Casein, enamels and plaster on ribbed wooden panels. Fragments of mirror, buttons, upholstery nails, pieces of colored glass and gilding.
Preserved at: Secession Building, Vienna, Austria.
Gustav Klimt's "Beethoven Frieze" is divided into a rhythmic sequence of episodes: the individual's long journey in search of happiness, between forces of good and evil, inspired by Schopenhauer's philosophy.
This is how Gustav Klimt described the second long wall: "the desire for happiness subsides in poetry". The arts lead us to the ideal kingdom where we can find absolute peace, absolute happiness, absolute love. Choir of the angels of Heaven. Joy, wonderful divine spark.